Inevitable

Direction, Production & Editing

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WHY THE QUOTE?

Nihilism states that nothing really matters. Most people think of it in a negative light, but I personally believe in the positive interpretation. If nothing truly matters, then that means I can do whatever I want! Nothing (besides your own responsibilities) is truly stopping you from being yourself and enjoying what you enjoy

I interpret “inevitable” as pretty much anything - an act, a deadline, a day, and even an hour. Afraid would then take a lesser meaning as well - stressed, worry, concerned - feelings like that may slow me down. In quite a roundabout way, , it allows me to do what needs to be done. It allows my mind to stay focused - a fucked up form of meditation.

As to where it came from , Would anyone believe me if I said this came from a Dragon Ball Z Abridged episode that involves the final fight between Gohan and Cell? Because that’s the honest God truth. Look it up (Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Episode 60 - Part 3 at 5:10).

Such a funny thing to mention since such a small moment in a single youtube episode defined so much about me. It just happens outta nowhere, ya know?

THE POSTER PROCESS

ORIGINAL PHOTOSHOP DESIGN

I originally wanted to incorporate a nihilistic approach as seen with the first attempt. I liked the idea of a giant empty room, and I had already taken the photo shown above so I simply incorporated the quote in photoshop and tada, something I thought looked cool from within the screen

PROTOTYPE RISO ATTEMPT

Once I was satisfied with the first design attempt, it was time to send it through the RISO and as it turns, it came out too dark. So, I went out in search for a new picture to use. I soon discovered an abandoned Food4Less near a theater in OC which I felt was perfect for the feeling I wanted to show in my poster.

FIRST REAL RISO ATTEMPT

I was quite satisfied with the pictures I took so next up I had to work on was the typography. Around this time is when I decided to incorporate a positive twist to the nihilism aesthetic in order to better communicate my relationship with the quote. I went full throttle with that mindset as seen with the first real attempt.

It wasn’t the best and was told it looked placed at the last minute (they were right). So that meant I had to go back and better incorporate the quote.
As seen with the second attempt, I was quite unsure of what I wanted to do and merely placed the text as I felt fit. This was not the best approach as, looking back now, it looks so disorganized.

I then decided to look back at my test print for the riso to see what I did and what I could possibly enhance (which I should’ve done in the first place but here we are). The main problem I had was that it was too dark. I solved part of it by taking pictures that had some light on it. The other half of the problem was that the text was completely gone. So what if I use vibrant colors like yellow and red (yellow for emphasis and red for vibrancy) and use white for the base to really

STOP, RISO TIME!

Now that the design was complete, it was time to once again tackle the RISO for the final posters. In my original test print, I had used the colors blue, green, and red. While it looked cool, it was hard to differentiate the details. With the inclusion of yellow text, I felt that just red and green was good enough to not dilute the detail while also keeping the broody aesthetic.

POSTING POSTERS AS A POSER

To list the overall locations of where I decided to post up the posters - Universal City Walk, my kitchen that was being refurbished, my backyard where the refurbished destruction was being laid to rest, the dying mall from the first test print, the parking garage at universal studios, the parking garage near Burbank mall with the Round 1, a closing Walmart, and at an abandoned building's fence. These choices were intentional as a good half of them were locations that were either destroyed, in the process of being destroyed, in the brink of abandonment, or being remade. The rest were lively areas that had not yet reached the process of being forgetten. I wanted to display the process of the word and the effects of time - Lively, semi-lively, last breathes of air, death, and destruction that creates new beginnings which restarts the cycle once more,

THE INEVITABLE ZINE

Once the posters were posted and the photos taken, it was time to create the zine that aggregates everything I had done since the beginning. The design philosophy followed the same seen within the poster as the RISO creates a unique texture when printing photos. This texture would be used on the photos taken and would act as background filler to help out the spreads. The spreads itself were sporadic and really had no sense of direction because destruction has no true direction. It only seeks to destroy and will accomplish that without fail.

FINAL DESIGNS

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